50 Wild Women Of The 80s!: NOW 80s: Wednesday 4th March: 10pm
Brilliant songs, big voices, blazing hair & bags of attitude – the ladies of the 80s had the lot! From Toyah to Tina & Joan Jett to Janet Jackson.
Punk ‘high priestess’ to spill the beans in Plymouth
‘It’ll be really exciting for me to look back on my career’
Punk singer Toyah will spill the beans about her lengthy showbiz career – and sing a few songs – during an “intimate” show in Plymouth this year.
Toyah has often been dubbed “the high priestess of punk”. She made her name – shortened from Toyah Wilcox – during the late 1970s when she appeared in the punk movie Jubilee, the mod movie Quadrophenia and brought out the first of a string of hit records which saw the likes of It’s a Mystery, I Want to be Free and Thunder in the Mountains ride high in the singles chart.
• Continue reading at Plymouth Live.
The Chase: Celebrity Special: Challenge: Saturday 7th March: 6pm
Bradley Walsh hosts the quiz show as four celebrities take on the Chaser. Singer Toyah Willcox, ex-footballer John Barnes, writer Germaine Greer and heavyweight boxer Audley Harrison pit their wits against one of the country’s finest quiz brains in the hope of winning thousands of pounds for their chosen charities.
Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted: Really: Tuesday 10th January: 1.00am
Toyah Willcox. Series 1, episode 5. The team undergoes one of the most terrifying investigations yet when visiting Toyah Willcox, who has experienced strange activity in her home ever since she moved in.
Toyah guested on Grant Stott’s Vinyl Collective last Friday on BBC Radio Scotland… Choosing her favourite vinyl, along with plays of I Want To Be Free, It’s A Mystery and some classic retro tracks. Listen for the next few weeks at BBC Sounds.
Grant uttered the classic chant…”Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!” after playing I Want To Be Free and advising listeners Toyah would be appearing on Side Two of his show.
This week on Grant Stott’s Vinyl Collective, Toyah Willcox, the acclaimed British singer-songwriter, actress, and author, shares her favourite vinyl record.
Grant will have an all-female Punk/New Wave Trailblazers ‘Double’ on Side 2 of the show, plus, a countdown of the top 10 albums this week in 1983. He’ll also have another cracking Into The Groove 12” and a Magnificent 7″
All that, plus music from Blondie, Kraftwerk, Yazoo, Daft Punk, The Silencers, Larry Carlton and more..
Toyah’s Wonderful World Of Weird
Mrs. Charleston’s Balcony
An original short story
Written & read by Toyah Willcox
A brand new short story – the tenth – written by and narrated by Toyah!
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Wonderful World of Weird returns with a typically wonderful Toyah tale.
“I have always loved short stories, they can inhabit any world from suburbia to the fantastic. When time is short and long distances need to be travelled, the short story has taken me to places i willingly want to go to. So whether you have five minutes to spare, or you want to escape for a while…join me and my love of the unpredictable. Welcome to Toyah’s Wonderful World of Weird…”
• Listen at Toyah’s official You Tube and Facebook. Browse our other Toyah’s Wonderful World Of Weird posts, here. (Image © Toyah)
2026 marks the 50th year of Toyah’s career! Her very first professional job, playing the role of Sue in the BBC’s “Second City First” television play, Glitter, aired in November 1976 – having been filmed in 1975.
I’m celebrating this awesome landmark via cherry picked moments from Toyah’s 50 years as an artist: Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Writer, Storyteller… This also means I can simultaneously revisit past work from 26+ years of Dreamscape too.
Desire, Toyah’s sophomore solo album, was released in 1987 on E’G Records and was a real departure for her musically, lyrically, sonically… It’s recently been released on deluxe, expanded, 2CD and vinyl picture disc. It was also an important part of Toyah’s first ever box set, Toyah Solo, released in 2020.
• Please click below to dive in, be rescued, or maybe just have a read of Dreamscape’s Desire feature from January 2012… and stay tuned for more #Toyah50 celebrating.
Official Toyah wished, the absolutely legendary, Bird In Flight a Happy 46th last week with a selection of related photos, including this one which features the shot of Toyah used in, blurry desaturated, close-up on the single’s sleeve when it was released in February 1980 on Safari Records. See here and here, and also last weekend’s Saturday Song…
Toyah’s latest blog – the second of 2026 – is available to read at toyahwillcox.com. Including exciting news on a potential new album – working title Secret World – but the idea of a track/single released each month sounds equally appealing! Toyah also pays tribute to, wonderful, Catherine O’Hara, who the world lost last week.
Toyah plays Rewind Dubai 2026 this Saturday – Watch a video of Toyah, talking about her music/songs and how this relates to playing these festivals, here. Other dates recently announced include Rewind 2026 at Henley in August, and Blackpool 80s Weekender in September. Update: See Toyah’s video from Dubai here.
• See all of Toyah’s confirmed live dates and tours for 2026, including Songs & Stories (March to June) and Toyah’s Christmas Party (December) at toyahwillcox.com.
It’s the first Toyah at Home of 2026 with an update on what Toyah has been up to and what’s coming up. Plus an unseen concert track in honour of the 45th anniversary of the Four From Toyah EP.
Quadrophenia: Sky Cinema Greats: Wednesday 18th February: 4.50am
The Who wrote and produced this energetic story of a young man disillusioned with his life in 1960s London. Phil Daniels excels as the alienated anti-hero Jimmy Cooper. Director: Franc Roddam. Starring: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, and Ray Winstone.
Toyah announces 45th anniversary reissue of EP ‘Four From Toyah’
It will be released on digital/streaming platforms
Toyah Willcox is still releasing music, with her greatest hits album ‘Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah’ arriving in 2025, with a huge tour planned for 2026, but she started releasing music more than four decades ago. The singer was known, along with her band, for songs like ‘It’s a Mystery’, and it has now been announced that Toyah is set to re-release the EP ‘Four From Toyah’ to celebrate it’s 45th anniversary.
Announcing the news on social media, Toyah’s official account shared several images, including an original press release promoting the EP, along with photos of Toyah from the early 80s.
• Continue reading at Rayo.
To mark the EP’s 45 anniversary, on Friday 30 January 2026, Four From Toyah is released on digital/streaming platforms with its original artwork. The expanded 8-track EP released in 2021 will also appear on digital platforms.
NB. See Toyah’s Facebook and Instagram for Four From Toyah archive deep dives…
No mystery now that Toyah’s on tour
The High Priestess of Punk is set to visit South Devon in March
After acting, presenting, performing, headlining tours, and releasing 23 studio albums continued her unique story and now it’s time for Toyah to reflect.
With a new book in the offing, Toyah is hitting the road for an extensive UK tour in which she’ll sing favourite hits and tell stories from her remarkable career.
Her role in Quadrophenia made her a household name and soon after she gate-crashed the charts with It’s A Mystery, I Want To Be Free, and Thunder In The Mountains, as the album, Anthem, earned a gold disc, and BRIT Award Best Female as well as a BRIT Nomination for British Breakthrough Act.
• Continue reading at the Mid-Devon Advertiser. Browse all of Toyah’s upcoming Songs & Stories dates at toyahwillcox.com.
• Saturday Song: Danced (Live At Union Chapel) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Oh Bondage! Up Yours! – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s new Sunday Lunch. This week covering X-Ray Spex. (Image © Toyah)
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover X-Ray Spex’s “Oh Bondage! Up Yours!” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Cover X-Ray Spex Classic For Sunday Lunch – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
Minder: That’s TV: Thursday 29th January: 3.05pm
Minder: ITV4: Monday 2nd February: 5.55pm
Minder: ITV4: Sunday 8th February: 1.30am
All Mod Cons. Series 2, Episode 8. Terry tries to help his friend Kate evict some unwanted tenants, but comes to doubt her motives. Meanwhile, Arthur is desperate to get into the property market and tries to sell Terry’s flat without telling him. Guest starring Toyah Willcox and Simon Cadell. Director: Ian Sharp. Also starring: George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Peter Childs, George Layton, Patrick Malahide, Michael Troughton.
Toyah on industry advice and the future at the Gerry & Sewell Press Night at the Aldwych Theatre.
